Meenakshi Seshadri is a former Indian actress, model and dancer who mainly appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language films. She won the Eve’s Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17.Meenakshi made her film debut in 1983. She became one of Hindi cinema’s leading actresses in the 1980s and 1990s, and was acknowledged for several of her performances, her beauty, and her accomplished dancing.
She was noted for her performances in films including Hero (1983), Aandhi-Toofan (1985), Meri Jung (1985), Swati (1986), Dilwaala (1986), Dacait (1987), Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987), Parivaar (1987), Shahenshah (1988), Mahaadev (1989), Awaargi (1990), Jurm (1990), Ghayal (1990), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Damini (1993), Duet (1994) and Ghatak (1996). She received particular critical acclaim for Swati (1986), Dahleez (1986), Satyamev Jayate (1987), Awaargi (1990) and Damini (1993). She also performed at the Khajuraho Dance Festival in the 1990s.After the release of her film Ghatak, she left the film industry to raise her children in the United States with her husband, where she runs the Cherish Dance School. A documentary was made about her life, titled Meenakshi Accept Her Wings.
Meenakshi Seshadri was born as Shashikala Seshadri in a Tamil Brahmin family in Sindri, Bihar (now in Jharkhand). She trained in four Indian classical dance forms, Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, and Odissi, under Vempati Chinna Satyam and Jaya Rama Rao. She won the Eve’s Weekly Miss India contest in 1981 at the age of 17 and represented India at the Miss International 1981 in Tokyo, Japan.After a forgettable debut in Painter Babu, Meenakshi acted alongside another newcomer, Jackie Shroff, in Hero.
The film was a blockbuster and Meenakshi became an overnight star. Immediately after the success of Hero, she got an offer to star with superstar Rajesh Khanna. She appeared with Khanna in Awara Baap in a double role, but the film underperformed. She then appeared in several commercially unsuccessful films, including Love Marriage, Paisa Ye Paisa, and Lover Boy. Her next film, Bewafai, was again with Khanna, with Rajinikanth in an antagonist role. Then Ghai again cast her alongside Anil Kapoor in his next film, Meri Jung, which was one of the highest-grossing films of the year 1985.
This gave her a major foothold in the industry. Some of her films were moderately successful, namely Swati, Mera Jawab, and Aandhi Toofan. She then appeared in the film Hoshiyar alongside Jeetendra. In the same year she acted with Rajinikanth in Mahaguru (1985) as his heroine. Later Meenaakshi did a special appearance song with Rajnikant in a Telugu movie Jeevana Poratam (1986).
Meenakshi Seshadri All Movie List :
| Film | Costars | Year |
| Painter Babu Hero | Rajiv Goswami Jackie Shroff | 1983 |
| Love Marriage | Anil Kapoor | 1984 |
| Hoshiyar Mera Jawab Aandhi-Toofan Mahaguru Bewafai Maha Shaktimaan Mera Ghar Mere Bachche Paisa Yeh Paisa Meri Jung Lover Boy Awara Baap | Jeetendra Jackie Shroff Mithun Chakraborty Rajinikanth Rajesh Khanna Raj Babbar Raj Babbar Jackie Shroff Anil Kapoor Rajiv Kapoor Rajesh Khanna | 1985 |
| Ricky Main Balwaan Maa Beti Dahleez Pahuche Hue Log Allah Rakha Dilwaala Swati | Kunal Goswami Mithun Chakraborty Karan Shah Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar None Jackie Shroff Mithun Chakraborty Akbar Khan | 1986 |
| Satyamev Jayate Dacait Inaam Dus Hazaar Muqaddar Ka Faisla Parivaar | Vinod Khanna Sunny Deol Sanjay Dutt Raj Babbar Mithun Chakraborty | 1987 |
| Main Tere Liye Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani Bees Saal Baad Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati Inteqam Vijay Shahenshah | Sunil Anand Raj Babbar Mithun Chakraborty Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty Sunny Deol Anil Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan | 1988 |
| Aag Se Khelenge Toofan Bade Ghar Ki Beti Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá Joshilaay Gharana En Rathathin Rathame Mahaadev Mohabat Ka Paigham Nache Nagin Gali Gali | Anil Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Rishi Kapoor Jackie Shroff Anil Kapoor Rishi Kapoor Bhagyaraj Vinod Khanna Raj Babbar, Aditya Pancholi Nitin Bharadwaj | 1989 |
| Amba Jurm Ghayal Awaargi Ghar Ho To Aisa Pyar Ka Karz Shandar | Anil Kapoor Vinod Khanna Sunny Deol Anil Kapoor, Govinda Anil Kapoor Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty | 1990 |
| Akayla Brahmarishi Vishwamitra Ghar Parivar | Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff Nandamuri Balakrishna Rishi Kapoor | 1991 |
| Aapadbandhavudu Humshakal Police Aur Mujrim Aaj Ka Goonda Raj Humlaa Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi | Chiranjeevi Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna Chiranjeevi Anil Kapoor Jeetendra | 1992 |
| Sadhna Badi Bahen Aadmi Khilona Hai Kshatriya Damini Teri Payal Mere Geet | Rishi Kapoor Raj Babbar Govinda Vinod Khanna Rishi Kapoor Govinda | 1993 |
| Duet | Ramesh Arvind, Prabhu ganeshan | 1994 |
| Ghatak: Lethal | Sunny Deol | 1996 |
| Do Rahain | Milind Gunaji, Kanwaljeet Singh | 1997 |
| Swami Vivekananda | Sarvadaman D. Banerjee | 1998 |
| Ghayal Once Again | Sunny Deol | 2016 |
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